Shooting device



Feb. 25, 1930. E. HOLLIDAY. ,6

ISHOOVTING DEVICE Filed April 5, 1928 INVE'TOR.

m a? Br Ema 1m V45 11 represents either an arrow or the former of which'the point 11]? may be a Patented Feb. 25, 1930 NITED -STATEs PATENT CLARENCE E. noLLrnAY, or s'r. PAUL, MINNESOTA snoorrne DEVICE Application filed A rn 5,

Fly invention relates to a shooting device 'which for convenience of description might more aptly be designated as an arrow shooter particularly adapted for use in contests of marksmanship by either young or old. The

device was originally designed for useby 3 children and the darts or arrows made with soft points. Other features and advantages will be fully set forth in the following specifi- V cation reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which,..

Fig. l is a perspective view of my device I in operation with its elastic element'and a dart drawn to'position for making a shot.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation,in reduced scale,

showing the main bar of my device and a modification in the means of holding the member, preferably a piece of hardwood at the center of which .is suitably fixed as at 6 a handle 7 extending downwardly. The upper end of said handlemay be simply slitted for receiving the bow 5 as shown. 8 is a suitable flat and elongated elastic element, preferably rubber with its opposite ends nailed, as at 9 to the front and opposite end parts of the stretched so as to be pressed against the rear side of member 5, see dotted line position in Fig. 3. I The said end parts of member 8 may also be held between the bifurcated end parts 5B of bar 5 (see 4:) secured as with rivets 9B; or a small block 10 may be used to clamp each end of member 5 to the front of bow 5 by means of the rivets or equivalent means 9 shown in Figs. 2 and-3.

sharp metal piece adapted to stick in a target (not shown) but as a dart the said point 11P is preferably rubber or some yielding material. 12 is acentral transverse bore through bow 5 and preferably lightly I 1928. Serial No. 267,506.

bow 5 and handle 7 and in which bushing 13 is friotionally retained. Said bushing serves asa-guide for the shank of dart .11 when the latter is being projected from the device;

In the use of my device the butt or rear end of projectile 11 is inserted from the front into the bore of bushing 13 rearwardly and thus pressing and stretching member 8 rearwardly at its center approximately tov position shown in full lines in Fig. 3.. Then the operator pinches the rubber against opposite the other hand 15 meanwhile grasping han- I dle 7 as shown, Then hand 14 is drawn back straight from the bow as far as desired or until head 11P stops against the bow. The operator then aims at a target and releases the band 8 which snaps against the bow and projects the arrowv toward the target; "When this devicev is used as a toy, applicant prefers to have the tips 11]? of rubber in order not topierce or 'cut a target. Before shooting, an operator may rub thepoint 11P in a powdered, colored chalk or equivalent, for making a mark on the target.

I claim: In an arrow shooting device including a sides of the pro ectile, as between his thumb and forefinger of one hand 14 (see Fig. 1), f

rigid elongated bow,a handle fixed to the central part and extending at right angles from saidbow, a bore provided through said handle and bowintermediate the ends of the latter; an elastic band fixed t0 the bow ends, under tension, and in position to normally's' cover one end of said bore, a shanked projectile insertible in said bore and to press the elastic band away from the bow to permit the band to be grasped with said shank and subsequently to distend the elastic and draw the projectile for shooting.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CLARENCE E. HOLLIDAY.

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